What are some examples of Ranged Weapons?

Sling?

Your best bet is calling them fancy native names, Arbalest, Balista, Kunai.
Just rip off Codex Martialis.

What about Mini-Catapults?
Javelins?
Shortbow?
Composite bow?
Darts?
Trebuchet?
that Chinese crossbow that feeds more bolts with easy reload mechanism?
Does Whip count as ranged weapon?
What about throwing two metal balls tied together with chain, towards your opponents legs so that they cannot move or whatever it is called?
Greek fire, somehow turned into a medieval flamethrower?

Oh awesome, thanks

Nice I'll look into that

I have a list of heavy weaponry that falls into the Siege catagory, Whip and Greek Fire is awesome, thank you

How about an atlatl?

If you need that many, make sure to include all the types of crossbows.

There's the basic one that I've seen called a "hunting crossbow" that is small and has to be pulled back by hand.
There's the bigger version of the hand pulled crossbow.
Another one has a "goat beard" fast draw that makes it both faster and more powerful but heavier.
The really huge siege crossbows have the winch cranks for maximum power but terribly long loading time.
Then the arbalest is an advanced version made with steel.

don't forget early handgonnes

Pocket Sand.

I can think of one to add

Medieval only?

BOWS
*Self bow (primitive, cheap)
*Recurve bow
*Laminated bow
*Short/horse bow
*Long bow
*Bullet/Pellet bow
*Steel bow
*Hand Ballista

CROSS BOWS
*Gastraphetes aka, Belly Bow
*Light Crossbow
*Heavy Crossbow
*Siege Crossbow
*Crossbow Pistol
*Bullet/Pellet crossbow
*Repeating Crossbow

THROWN
*Dart
*Javelin
*Throwing Knife
*Throwing Axe
*Grenado

OTHER
*Handgonne
*Atl-atl
*Sling
*Staff Sling
*Sling shot
*Blowgun

FANTASY/NON MEDIEVAL
*Early complex firearm (Arquebuses, muskets)
*Compound Bow
*Dual Bow
*Great Bow

Just off the top of my head. I'll dump pics. First up is the Handgonne

Handgonne

Pellet/Bullet crossbow

Pellet/Bullet bow

slings are a good one

Hand Ballista

What about assassin type weapons like sleeve crossbows or the kind the Chinese had that went on someone's back and fired when they bent over?
Other than that, good ole sling shots or bolas or hell even grenades (that's a ranged weapon right?)

Seriously?

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Yep.

Also, happy birthday, Satan!

I nearly forgot about hunga-munga.

Basically the African of european Hurlbats, and thus just optimized throwing axes.

well Early Firearms and Rockets(including Rocket Arrows) would be worth looking into, if you're not limiting yourself to Europe, then it's important to know the Chinese were using gunpowder based weapons since at least the 10th Century AD;

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wujing_Zongyao

Oh snap my thread exploded with awesome. Thanks anons, this will all go into the game!

> Bow
> Crossbow
> Ornerybow
> Grouchybow
> Crankybow
> Irritabow

Cannons!
Lassos!

Are boomerangs actually effective? They look like a joke.

effective as weapons? no.

they are useful for hunting small animals though since it's basically a flying club.

They are for hunting. Generally a hunting tool doesn't get used for thousands of years if its useless. They are basically a specialised throwing club. I know its hard to believe they were particularly useful, but remember that the majority of boomerangs people have been exposed to are small practice boomerangs that are basically just toys to develop throwing techniques and an understanding of how airfoils affect flight patterns. Here is a pic with a couple heftier ones, second from the left can easily stun a kangaroo if you nail it in the head. They aren't exactly ideal battlefield weapons, there's a reason throwing clubs weren't popular around the world among professional soldiers, but they can definitely injure you.

Bolas come in two and three ball versions, to use against bipeds and quadrupeds.

"Stonebows" are a thing.

Slurbow is a crossbow with a barrel, influenced by firearms.

Falarica were iberian flaming javelins

Darts like the plumbata or Xiu Jian

Atlatl

Knobkierie

Sling

Kestros is the sling which throws darts

Kpinga

Rope dart

Shuang Fei Zhua: flying claws that were pretty much fancy bolas, came in versions with one or two claws

Meteor hammer

Composite bows

Zhu Ge Nu, better known as the repeating crossbow

Bian Jian was like a two-man sling which threw javelins. Pic related

Tie Jian was a sword-like mace which was sometimes thrown.

Back mounted mini catapult

Instead of bow and longbow go full autist and include stuff like composite bows and flatbows.